Buy it for one tune
klaibs | Brookfield, WI United States | 08/16/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If you're a sensitive person who's ever been on either end of a love that ended when one of you didn't want it to, there is a striking tune on here that cuts to the core of life and love and beauty and pain and loss. "Stranger Than Paradise" will resonate...and touch...and express the ineffable. The confluence of a lush, escalating melody; pithy, poignant lyrics; and a sincere, wistful vocal create a sweeping ballad of timeless beauty and truly rare emotional power. This one tune alone is priceless. It will move you. Turn off the lights, listen, and reflect. The rest of the disc is mid-tempo rock delivered adequately. One exception: "So Hard". Crank this up, and then go by Sass's "Racine.""